Clinical potential of in vitro measured red cell deformability, a myth?

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 277-284

  Hardeman, M R ^a,b   Ince, C ^b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROXYUREA;

COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; HEREDITARY ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROCIRCULATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CELL COUNT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALARIA; MALE; SMITH-LEMLI-OPITZ SYNDROME;

EID: 0033508588     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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